tunbelly

(ˈtʌnˌbɛlɪ)

n, pl -lies

a large round belly

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Worthy Neil Maffin Snap, Young Fashion Matthew Schneck Sir Novelty Fashion, Lord Foppington Jonathan Freeman Lory, Tailor Gabriel Baron Sly, Old Coupler Manlove, Sir Tunbelly Clumsey, Parson Bull Laurence Ballard Amanda Caralyn Kozlowski Hillaria, Nurse Laura Kenny Narcissa, Fistula, Hoyden Bhama Roget Berinthia Suzanne Bouchard With: Melissa D.

Restoration Comedy

He wrote during the 1820s and 30s in the Tyne Mercury under the alias of "Tim Tunbelly" or "Peter Putright".

'Pound foolish penny wise' system: the role of accounting in the improvement of the River Tyne, 1800-1850

Drawcansir rakes and Tunbelly Clumseys alike become, to progressive eyes, inadmissible relics of a barbaric past.

The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth Century Britain

Ned Loveless James Purefoy Amanda Imogen Stubbs Lord Foppington Alex Jennings Tom Fashion Raymond Coulthard Berinthia Claire Price Worthy Adrian Lukis Sir Tunbelly Clumsey Brian Blessed Hoyden Maxine Peake Coupler Edward Petherbridge Lory James Hayes Nurse Janine Duvitski With: Bill Moody, Elaine Claxton, Paul Benzing, Nick Sampson, John Burgess, Mark Carey, Ian McLarnon, Elizabeth Conboy, Katie Wimpenny, Andrea Mason, Paul Bradley, Nicholas Prideaux, Peter Eastland, Daniel Roberts.